I listen to NZ national radio at work and read the paper at work during lunch and watch the delayed news after they are in bed. I do discuss politics and points of interest but ds7 is still frightened by kid's cartoons. Occaionally I will watch the headlines while they are up but not the graphic bits. To be honest our local news is probably less hair raising than yours. I don't feel ready to discuss a woman being stoned to death though.